Stalker on the Fens

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Summary

DI Nikki Galena's close friend Helen Brook is involved in a serious accident where she is trapped in a collapsed cellar. After her hard-won recovery, Helen is still getting flashbacks to a man she says was down there with her and who confessed to a murder. But no trace of this man can be found.

Then Helen tells Nikki that someone is watching her. But is all this in her friend's imagination and part of her post-traumatic stress?

And why is Stephen Cox back in town? He's the villain who tore Nikki's life apart and he seems to have returned to wreak more chaos. Before long, the whole town is on the verge of hysteria and her friend's fear will lead Nikki and Joseph on a very dangerous trail.

Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you in suspense until its heart-stopping conclusion.

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Even though the narration is poor the story line is excellent. The story deals with current issues in the context of a police drams. I have listened to the previous books and was hoping when this was released it would have a change of narrator. Even so a good listen I enjoyed the twists and turns of the plot unexpected ending kept me guessing to the last.

Appalling narration. Series needs redoing from scratch.

This series of books is excellent but Henrietta Meire’s narration is truly abysmal. I have now listened to the first four books of the series and wonder how she was ever selected. She mispronounces common words, sometimes misses words out altogether and her characterisations are mostly laughable. Read the books but do not bother with the audio versions.

ANOTHER BRILLIANT READ IN THE FENS' SERIES

I cannot praise Joy Ellis's works highly enough. I have listened to the first six with excellent narration by Henrietta Meire. I know Henrietta can falter a little at times but who wouldn't with so many roles to cover. Most importantly I can recognise the main characters immediately. And Joy Ellis brings every "person" straight at you! There is everything in these novels - intrigue, crime, social behaviours, romantic (non-mushy) interludes and gripping thriller moments. I would advise following the series sequentially to really immerse yourself in their worlds that can be black and very bleak at times but always riveting. And the ever-present "will they won't they?" relationship between Nikki and Joe. I'm sure even Joy herself doesn't know the answer!

Joy Ellis magic!

I have thoroughly enjoyed each of the books in this series but sadly found the narrator to be hard work. Although tolerable I doubt that every policewoman speaks in such a high pitched squeaky way, which detracted from the overall story to a degree. Amazingly written these books deserved better.

Gripping story, irritating narration

As with others in this series, the story is brilliantly written, but the narrator's strange, shrill female voices, appalling regional voices and constant mispronounced words is distracting and spoils the experience.

Excellent

Excellent story and the Narrator definitely getting better. Can't wait for the next book in the series.

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5 out of 5 stars

Wayne

29-08-17

I love this English police procedural series!

Stalker on the Fens is Book 5 in the DI Nikki Galena series. Like each of the prior four it is a wonderful suspense thriller this novel is special. The novels are set in the Fens which is an area on England's central east coast approximately 50 miles northeast of London. Detective inspector Nikki Galena is a marvelous protagonist. Narrator Henrietta Meire reads in the clipped English accent most common in the area. It can be a little difficult for Americans at first, but understanding comes quickly. Author Joy Ellis is a master of the police procedural genre. I highly recommend this series and this novel.

The sixth audio novel in this seven novel series will be released in two weeks. The title is Captive on the Fens. It is currently available for pre-order at Audible, but is less expensively ordered through Amazon's Whispersync for Voice.

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Paula

17-12-17

Stalker on the Fens#4, Hunted#3, Shadow#2,Crime#1

This four book series -- Crime on the Fens, Shadow over the Fens, Hunted on the Fens and Stalke on the Fens -- is GREAT! And they nestle together beautifully, capturing the depth and growth of the characters as they go. Do start with the first (Crime on the Fens) and you will be hooked to learn more about what happens to DI Nikki Galena and her murder unit of detectives. The story lines are very, very good and the narration fits so perfectly with the locale of the story. Loved every minute of this entire series.

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4 out of 5 stars

Elisabeth Carey

22-08-18

Gripping mystery with great characters

DI Nikki Galena's friend, Helen Brooks, thinks she's being followed.

Helen was badly hurt in a building collapse a year ago, including some brain damage, and she's got some odd memories that don't seem supported by evidence. For instance, she thinks there was a man also in that collapsed basement with her, on the other side of a wall, who talked to her for a while before Nikki and Sergeant Joseph Easter, by chance the two officers closest to the scene, arrived. Yet no one else was in the building, nor was any evidence found that there had been.

So is she really being followed? Or is she still feeling the effects of the trauma and brain damage?

Helen's boyfriend, Andrew Gregory, is certain it's the latter. Nikki isn't sure he's right--but she's definitely not sure he's wrong. And every piece of evidence that seems to support Helen's story is quickly exploded--for instance, a scruffy young man who is seen hanging out near her flat, when picked up, turns out to be the unapproved boyfriend of a young woman in a neighboring house. Dad doesn't approve, so they have to sneak around.

Meanwhile, Nikki and Joseph are sure their old nemesis Cox is back in the area, but he's as elusive as ever. And there's a tension in the rougher part of town, that might be related to the Leonard family, whose patriarch, and unlikely friend of Nikki's, is dying. As much as she wants to help Helen, she's both very busy, and not at all sure how to help, or what kind of help Helen really needs.

Of course, everything changes when Helen is found dead.

This is a gripping, absorbing story, and Nikki, Joseph, their colleagues and friends, are all interesting people worth getting to know better. This is a series where the characters keep growing, becoming richer and more interesting as their experiences change them.

Recommended.

I bought this audiobook.

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Maine Knitter

27-08-17

Brava to the author and narrator

I love this series. I'm so glad this fifth book has finally been released in audio format.

This one kept me up most of the night. I couldn't put it down. I didn't figure out who-done-it until after it was obvious but I usually don't try. More fun to just let it happen. Nikki and Joseph are great characters as are crew on their team. The murder(s) are vividly described and I think it was important because it let us feel what Nikki was hit with. Great story.

The narration is very well done. I look forward to the next book which I have pre-ordered.

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alma

05-06-20

Unresolved Issues

Another interesting crime story and another study in the human condition. The impact a person has on another sometime is subtle but forceful. Many characters brush and response with another person's action or inaction is nicely developed in this story; The pressure a person puts on oneself because of a perceived offense or intent is remarkably described. The villan's reason for the crime is a melding of this pressure and ego. The narrator is so good that the switch between characters is seemless.

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

James V. Bellanca, Jr.

14-11-19

always a pleasure

as usual full of twists, new characters and certainly stories left to tell. on to the next in the series.

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4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

Caroline B.

02-07-19

Very Good

I enjoyed this book but the others are more griping. Sometimes it is good to relax a bit. It is not soft but not as hard and dark as the others so far.

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3 out of 5 stars

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k_s

24-02-19

The narrator can be super annoying!

Chose this book at random to leave a review, but this could apply to any of the series.

I really like all of the books in this series (currently on number 7), and Joy Ellis in general - but often in spite of the narrator, I'm afraid. In fact, so often in spite of the narrator that I had to stop and start a number of times throughout the books.

The voices for the main characters are okay, but she chooses a very strange, monotone start-stop cadence for many a sentence, and seems to disregard punctuation, and in particular the voices of some of the supporting characters are just plain annoying (Rory!). Similarly, some of the female side characters speak in very girlish sopranos that I found very distracting.

I"m not very familiar with Lincolnshire accents, so I can't comment on the quality of those, though.

This narrator issue would have stood out to me anyway, but it is especially true in comparison with the Jackman and Evans series, where Rory is one of my favourites because he actually sounds credible.

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5 out of 5 stars

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maria

23-12-18

i am invested in these characters.

cant wait to get to the next book! their personal stories are compelling and realistic. I hope Eric comes back

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Bilinda Offen

06-12-18

It’s time!!!

It’s time that Nikki and Joseph went further!!! It’s been YEARS!!! Very clever use of different voices for characters - so consistent over the books